Miss Rap Supreme: Is Khia The Next Carly?

Posted Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:05pm PDT by Lyndsey Parker in Reality Rocks

Last night Miss Rap Supreme debuted on VH1, and I already know it will be viciously battling for precious DVR space with my other favorite shows.

Created by Ego Trip--the geniuses behind last year's televised search for the "next Eminem" called The White Rapper Show (click here to see what that program's instantly obscure winner, $hamrock, has been up to)--Miss Rap Supreme is a TV talent hunt for the next Missy Elliott, Lil' Kim, Salt and/or Pepa, Yo-Yo, etc. Yo-Yo is in fact one of the Miss Rap Supreme judges, along with The White Rapper Show's host, MC Serch of 3rd Bass.

Well, among the "Femme C's" in the running for the Miss Rap Supreme title is a woman named Khia. Yes, that Khia. The Dirty Southern belle behind the raunchy 2002 hit "My Neck, My Back." If you don't remember Khia's classic filthfest, you're probably more sheltered and clean-living than the nuns that Khia and her competitors auditioned for on last night's show. But just in case you've supressed that memory, here's the song again, albeit in extremely censored form:

Anyway, it took her six years, but Khia finally attempted to capitalize on the huge success of "My Neck" with a followup single, 2006's "Snatch The Cat Back." As you can see from the public-cable-access production quality of the clip below, "Snatch" wasn't quite as big a hit:

So now Khia is doing what any downtrodden recording artist with limited options does nowadays: She's hitting the reality-TV circuit. However, just as it seems a little unfair that Carly Hennessy-Smithson, a woman who once had a $2 million major-label recording contact, gets to compete alongside amateurs on American Idol, it doesn't quite seem right that a woman who once sold 800,000 copies of a hit single is rap-battling with REAL unknowns like Miss Rap Supreme's Lady Twist and Miss Cherry.

Then again, unlike Carly, Khia isn't trying to pass herself off as a fresh-off-the-turnip-truck amateur. She's proud of her past accomplishments. But she's not too proud to admit she needs VH1's help snatching her career back.

And if you saw Khia's wack freestyle last night--a performance that allmost got her eliminated--then you know she needs all the help she can get. Check out Khia's near-losing elimination-challenge rap HERE, and tune in to the show on VH1 every Monday to see how long Khia lasts.

10 Comments

1. Yahoo! Music User -
I like Khia but it's not fair for her to be on this show. She had her chance already, let someone else win it.

2. Yahoo! Music User -
Khia cheated on the challenge. Serch said the rap was supposed to be original not something they'd written before but she rapped a song that was on her previously released CD. Don't know why nobody called her out on that.

3. mrsday4life -
I like khia and everybody has there own issues so stop hateing. That thang who calls herself miss cherry needs to sit down somewhere and show some respect or try to get some tips from khia cause she's been ther and done that. miss cherry is too cocky and i've never heard her on anybody's radio station!Hold it down for the chicks in the south khia!

4. mrsday4life -
stop hate'n

5. afrokin -
For female M.C's it's always been quite a challenge. Maybe if we push for more women to be in the game.then we can change more of the rules!big up to all the Sista's with different styles!

6. BigBlackRod -
Lyte. Latifah. Salt & Pepa. Yo-Yo. Bahamadia. Rah Digga. Missy. Left Eye. Da Brat. There are countless credible females out there making good music. I put the emphasis on GOOD...PEACE.

7. nellyluva862002 -
bottom line is khia is washed up no its not fair for someone who has "a fan base " already to be there and she doent deserve to be there she wants these femme c to basically bow to her and i give to ms cherry for not backing down to that "one hit wonder" and if she had that "fan base" then it must of been the sophmore jinx either khia is garbage!!!

8. dezi -
Khia is a lame...she shoulda went home. By being on this show, she is really letting what carreer she had left completely hit rock bottom. She was always talkin about how she was so much better than all these other female rappers...I dont see Trina puttin herself out there like this.

9. NECEE -
Khia, I really had a lot of respect for you, until I seen how UGLY you was toward the other female rappers instead of being a guiding light and a inspiration you was acting like you had this thing in the bag and won it already. Mama, don't u remember the saying "in order for u to get respect u got to give it". Now, how your hook was "you gotta respect me" so respect that lil mama!!!

10. rideyaface -
SHE'S A LAME SHE WILL NEVER MAKE IT SO GIVE UP!!!!!!!! AND FOR THE PEOPLE SAYING STOP HATING YOU DON'T KNOW REAL FEMALE MC'S
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